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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Transcode Canon XF100 MXF footage to FCP 6/7 for editing

From this article, you can know the best codec for importing Canon XF100 MXF clips to Final Cut Pro 6/7 editing on Mac by converting XF100 MXF to ProRes 422.

Canon XF100 Professional Camcorder can be tailored to fit a wide range of
individual needs. XF100 offers some exciting new features of its own, it is
geared for a wide range of applications where high image quality, extreme
portability, and efficient workflow are of the utmost importance. And with
infrared recording and true stereoscopic 3-D production capabilities, the XF100
allows users to explore new creative outlets and emerging markets.

The
XF100 utilizes Canon's XF Codec – a file-based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF
File Wrapper. If you
record a great deal of MXF footages with Canon XF100 and desire to edit them with Final
Cut Pro 6/7, you may encounter dilemma like the MXF files can't be recognized by FCP 6/7.

And the truth is, it is possible to smoothly import Canon XF100 MXF clips to FCP 6/7, as long as you convert Canon XF100 MXF to Final Cut Procompatible ProRes 422 codec first.

Here I recommend you the professional MXF to FCP Converter for Mac
from Pavtube Studion that works fine for me. I like the batch processing and joining of
multiple mxf videos into one file. The editing feature to trim the recorded
videos is great, as I can control the content for conversion.

To help
those who may face the same problem like me, or want to rewrap MXF to Prores .mov
on Mac for HD editing in Final Cut Pro 6/7, I here list a few steps with the
fast MXF video conversion.

1.
Download Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac, install this Canon XF100 MXF to FCP
X converter. Import or drag and drop the XF100 MXF files to the converter you
want to convert.